Zicatela surf break

Zicatela surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 CST
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Zicatela surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zicatela sea temperature is
30.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Zicatela today?

The current surf forecast for Zicatela at 8AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (26 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (26 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

Table - waves today at Zicatela. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Fri
29
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)161716161515151413131314141313131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1001110910721132107012521374141711791146112811261064911828779721729663625552609534516
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
ENE
5
SE
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
NW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
1.00
4:57PM
0.92
5:29AM
1.03
5:39PM
0.89
6:11AM
1.05
6:19PM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:58AM
0.18
11:07PM
0.12
11:45AM
0.18
11:44PM
0.11
12:29PM
0.19
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Fri
29
Sunrise--6:13-------6:13-------6:13-----
Sunset-----6:45-------6:44-------6:44--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----431--------------12
Temp. °C262629313129272626262931312928272626293131292826
Feels °C (?)292932333433302929283234343433312928323334343330
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oaxaca

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Zicatela (calm at PuertoAngel-Oax. 64 km from Zicatela). 1.1m 17s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 1.0m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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